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Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Legendary Creature — Demon

Flying, trample
Pay 2 life, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{5}{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Commander Masters
Price
$13.22
EDHREC rank
#1812
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Razaketh, the Foulblooded card art
Razaketh, the Foulblooded turns any creature you control into an unconditional tutor — pay 2 life, sacrifice, search for anything, repeat until you've assembled a winning line. The cost is real: eight mana before you do anything, and he dies to every removal spell your opponents have been sandbagging, but commanders like Athreos, God of Passage that reload the board for free and loops that recur pieces like Nexus of Fate make that cost trivial.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Athreos, God of Passage

Athreos, God of Passage

44.5% of decks · synergy 0.42

Athreos, God of Passage turns every Razaketh, the Foulblooded activation into a free resource — sacrifice a creature to tutor, then Athreos either returns it to hand or drains the table, giving you fodder for the next fetch immediately.

02
Kaalia of the Vast

Kaalia of the Vast

31.4% of decks · synergy 0.28

Kaalia of the Vast cheats Razaketh, the Foulblooded into play for free on a combat trigger, skipping the eight-mana cost entirely and letting you start chaining tutors the turn he lands.

03
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

31.0% of decks · synergy 0.26

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth lets you pay Razaketh, the Foulblooded's eight generic mana with life instead of mana, meaning a healthy life total effectively fast-tracks him into play several turns early.

04
Akul the Unrepentant

Akul the Unrepentant

24.9% of decks · synergy 0.23

Akul the Unrepentant generates a steady stream of sacrificeable tokens, giving Razaketh, the Foulblooded a deep pile of fodder to chain through multiple tutors in a single turn.

05
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

22.7% of decks · synergy 0.21

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist mills and recurs creatures naturally, ensuring Razaketh, the Foulblooded always has fresh sacrifice targets on hand while filling the graveyard with pieces to retrieve alongside whatever he tutors up.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Razaketh, the Foulblooded is genuinely broken — singleton means the one card he tutors is always the exact card that wins the game, and 40 life cushions the 2-life-per-search cost long enough to chain five or six fetches. In Legacy and Vintage he's legal but practically invisible: eight mana is unplayable in formats where Entomb plus Reanimate costs two, and he offers no meaningful advantage over tutors that cost one or two mana. Modern and Pioneer are the same story — legal on paper, irrelevant in practice; the format's pace makes an eight-mana creature a fantasy. Oathbreaker lets him function as a signature spell target in some edge configurations, but his real home has always been Commander, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Rune-Scarred Demon is the closest direct substitute — also a seven-mana black creature that tutors on ETB, no life payment or sacrifice required, and it costs under $1. The trade-off is meaningful: Rune-Scarred Demon gives you one tutor and stops, while Razaketh, the Foulblooded can chain repeatedly in the same turn, which is the difference between finding one piece and assembling a complete win; if the chain is why you want him, Razaketh, the Foulblooded has no true budget replacement.

Price Context

Current price

$13.22 mid tier

At $13.22, Razaketh, the Foulblooded sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a purchase decision, cheap enough that it's not a barrier for most Commander budgets. His price has compressed considerably from post-release highs and tends to stay stable because he's a tutor engine rather than a build-around spike card, making him a reasonable buy at this level.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.